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manograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mano-graph
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical device for making pressure volume diagrams for high-speed engines, involving a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror reflecting a beam of light onto the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved so as to copy the motion of the engine piston on a smaller scale.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + -graph.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

manographs (plural)

Questions

What does manograph mean?
An optical device for making pressure volume diagrams for high-speed engines, involving a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror reflecting a beam of light onto the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved so as to copy the motion of the engine piston on a smaller scale.
Where does manograph come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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